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When investors perform their due diligence on a startup and its founders, one area they rarely delve into is one that could jeopardize their investment: Compliance with immigration law. The Alcorn Immigration Law team can help you perform the due diligence on a startup’s compliance with immigration law and devise immigration strategies for startup founders.…

A pro-immigration nonprofit group is urging individuals to tell their Senators to protect the International Entrepreneur Rule. The group, FWD.us, was founded in 2013 by Mark Zuckerberg and other technology leaders. FWD.us and several other groups worked with the Obama administration over the course of two years to devise the rule. International Entrepreneur Rule…

In his first address to Congress, President Trump called for shifting the U.S. to a merit-based immigration system from the current family-based system. The family-based system prioritizes admitting immigrants with relatives in the U.S. willing to sponsor the family member. Trump praised Canada and Australia’s merit-based systems during his address. He said the current system…

If you have been working at a foreign company, how can you move to the US? If you’re a manager or executive, such as a startup founder, or an employee with specialized knowledge, you might have an opportunity to come to the United States with an L-1A or L-1B visa or even possibly an EB-1C…

Last November, we pointed out that the Obama administration was finally making plans to implement the “startup visa” that was announced in the President’s 2014 speech that touched on immigration reform. A source close to the White House indicated that tomorrow the startup visa regulations might actually be announced. On August 1st, the Office of Management and…